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minus-squareMLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoI thought this was a roundabout reference to the Macbeth “I was born by C-Section” thing. Was thinking “wow a stretch, but funny”. I’ve never seen the LOTR movies and gave up in book 2. So forgive me that. I kinda liked it better when I thought you strechted Macbeth that far
minus-squareThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoTo be fair, it isn’t exactly not that either
minus-squareMLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoWas the original LOTR that reference too??? I guess Tolkien probably did look at Shakespeares answers during the exam
minus-squareThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoYes, actually, even though Tolkien didn’t like Shakespeare. Here’s a short article and Wikipedia on this: https://harmamaesmit.com/2013/07/12/tolkiens-take-that-to-shakespeare/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_influence_on_Tolkien
I thought this was a roundabout reference to the Macbeth “I was born by C-Section” thing. Was thinking “wow a stretch, but funny”.
I’ve never seen the LOTR movies and gave up in book 2. So forgive me that. I kinda liked it better when I thought you strechted Macbeth that far
To be fair, it isn’t exactly not that either
Was the original LOTR that reference too??? I guess Tolkien probably did look at Shakespeares answers during the exam
Yes, actually, even though Tolkien didn’t like Shakespeare. Here’s a short article and Wikipedia on this:
https://harmamaesmit.com/2013/07/12/tolkiens-take-that-to-shakespeare/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_influence_on_Tolkien